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Kevin Weeks, once a henchman for fugitive gangster James ‘‘Whitey’’ Bulger, promoted his new book last week at the Boston University Barnes & Noble Bookstore. He read from the book, ‘‘Brutal,’’ and answered questions from the full-house crowd.

Onetime mobster now tailed by readers

But in S. Boston, criminals' books leave some uneasy

By Megan Woolhouse
Globe Staff / April 2, 2006

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No matter that Kevin Weeks helped murder, maim, and shake down people in South Boston for decades. Michelle Clemente still wanted to hear him speak. (Full article: 766 words)

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